## Rashi on II Samuel Chapter 17 ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:3:1 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:3:1) **כְּשׁוּב הַכֹּל.** אֵלֶיךָ: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **When they all return [to you].** To you. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:3:2 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:3:2) **הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה מְבַקֵּשׁ.** יַעֲשֶׂה בּוֹ בַּקָּשָׁתְךָ וְיֵהָרֵג, וְאַחַר כָּךְ כָּל הָעָם יִהְיֶה שָׁלוֹם, וְזֶה מִקְרָא קָצָר: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **[Except] the man you want.** You will do what you want with him and you will have him killed. And afterwords, all the people will have peace. This is a shortened verse.¹ footnotes: ¹ Missing the words that Rashi adds here to make sense of the words. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:4:1 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:4:1) **וּבְעֵינֵי זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.** זִקְנֵי אַשְׁמַאי: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **And in the eyes of all of the elders of Yisroel.** Wicked elders. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:8:1 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:8:1) **וְאָבִיךָ אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה.** וְיוֹדֵעַ עִנְיְנֵי מִלְחָמָה וְטַכְסִיסֶיהָ וְטִיב מַאֲרָב, וּבָטוּחַ הוּא שֶׁתִּרְדֹּף הַלַּיְלָה לָבֹא עָלָיו, לְפִיכָךְ לֹא יָלִין עִם שְׁאָר הָעָם: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Your father is a man of war.** He knows the concepts of war, its strategy and the nature of someone setting a trap. He is sure you will run after him tonight to get to him therefore he will not rest with the other people. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:9:1 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:9:1) **הִנֵּה עַתָּה הוּא נֶחְבָּא.** וּכְשֶׁתָּבֹא עַל מַחֲנֵה הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ, הוּא לֹא יִהְיֶה שָׁם שֶׁתַּהַרְגֶנּוּ: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Now, he is hiding.** When you reach the encampment of the people with him, he will not be there for us to kill. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:9:2 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:9:2) **וְהָיָה כִּנְפֹל בָּהֶם בַּתְּחִלָּה.** אֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי לְךָ כִּי אֲנָשָׁיו גִּבּוֹרִים וּמָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ, וְאִם יַהַרְגוּ בְּעַמְּךָ, תִּהְיֶה בָּם מַפָּלָה בְּמִלְחָמָה זוֹ שֶׁהִיא רִאשׁוֹנָה, וְשָׁמַע הַשּׁוֹמֵעַ מִכָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל הַבָּאִים לְהִתְחַבֵּר אֵלֶיךָ, וְאָמַר הָיְתָה מַגֵּפָה בָּעָם שֶׁל אַבְשָׁלוֹם: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **When some of the men fall at the beginning [of their battles].** I told you that his men are strong and embittered souls and if they kill some of your people that will [mean] a defeat in this battle which is the first. A person will hear, [i.e., a person] from among all of Yisroel who come to join you, and will say, There was a disaster amongst Avsholom's people'. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:10:1 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:10:1) **וְהוּא גַם בֶּן חַיִל.** וְאוֹתוֹ הַשּׁוֹמֵעַ אֲפִלּוּ הוּא בֶּן חַיִל וְלִבּוֹ כְּלֵב הָאַרְיֵה, הִמֵּס יִמַּס בְּפַחַד וּרְעָדָה, וְלֹא יִתְקַשֵּׁר עוֹד אֵלֶיךָ, כִּי יֹאמַר כְּבָר הִתְחִיל לִפּוֹל וְנֶעֱנָשׁ הוּא עַל אָבִיו, וְלֹא יַצְלִיחַ: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Even if he is a soldier.** That person who hears [about the disaster] even if he is a soldier and his heart is like that of a lion his heart will surely melt in fear and trepidation. And he will no longer join you because he will say, "He [Avsholom] has already started to fall and he is being punished for [what he did to] his father and he will not succeed. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:11:1 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:11:1) **כִּי יָעַצְתִּי.** כִּי זֹאת עֲצָתִי: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **But I advise [as follows:]** Because this is my advice. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:11:2 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:11:2) **וּפָנֶיךָ הוֹלְכִים בַּקְרָב.** בָּרֹאשׁ, (תרגום:) ״וְאַתְּ תְּהֵי אָזֵיל בְּרֵישׁ כּוּלָּנָא״: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **And you yourself should go to war.** At the head. [Yonoson translates:] "And then you should go at the head of everybody." ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:12:1 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:12:1) **וְנַחְנוּ עָלָיו.** וְנָנוּחַ עָלָיו, לְשׁוֹן חֲנִיָּה, כְּמוֹ ״וַיָּנַח בְּכָל גְּבוּל מִצְרָיִם״ (שמות י:יד), ״נָחָה אֲרָם עַל אֶפְרָיִם״ (ישעיהו ז:ב): **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **And we will encamp upon him.** We will encamp upon him language [denoting] camping as [we find], "It camped within the entire boorder of Mitzraim"² [and] "Arom has camped opposite Ephraim."³ footnotes: ² Shemos 10:14. ³ Yeshayohu 7:2. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:13:1 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:13:1) **חֲבָלִים.** (תרגום:) ״מַשִׁרְיָן״, כְּמוֹ ״חֶבֶל נְבִיאִים״ (שמואל א י:ה) ״חֶבְלֵי רְשָׁעִים״ (תהלים קיט:סא): **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **In groups.** [Yonoson translates:] "Groups" as [we find], "A group of prophets."⁴ [and] "Groups of evildoers."⁵ footnotes: ⁴ Shmuel I 10:5. ⁵ Tehilim 119:61. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:13:2 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:13:2) **עַד הַנָּחַל.** חוֹמַת הָעִיר נִסְחוֹב אֶל הַגַּי: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Into the valley [below].** We will drag the city wall into the valley. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:16:1 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:16:1) **וְגַם עָבוֹר תַּעֲבֹר.** אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Cross over it.** The Yardein. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:16:2 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:16:2) **פֶּן יְבֻלַּע לַמֶּלֶךְ.** שֶׁלֹּא יָעַצְתִּיו לְטוֹבָה, וְיַעֲשֶׂה כְּדִבְרֵי אֲחִיתֹפֶל: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Because [my suggestion] may be rejected by the king.** That I did not advise him well and [instead] he will proceed according to the advice of Achitophel. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:16:3 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:16:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:16:3) **יְבֻלַּע.** יֵאָמֵר לוֹ בְּסֵתֶר וּבִבְלִיעָה: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Rejected.** He will be told secretely and by a concealed method. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:17:1 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:17:1) **בְּעֵין רֹגֵל.** (תרגום:) ״בְּעֵין קַצָּרָא״, כּוֹבְסֵי בִּגְדֵי צֶמֶר, שֶׁחוֹבְטִין אוֹתָם שָׁם, שֶׁבּוֹעֲטִים אוֹתָם בָּרֶגֶל: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **By the launderers' fountain.** [Yonason translates:] "By the launderers' fountain." Launderers of woolen garments that bring them [the garments] there by kicking them with [their] foot. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:19:1 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:19:1) **אֶת הַמָּסָךְ.** וִילוֹן: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **The curtain.** Curtain. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:19:2 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:19:2) **הָרִפוֹת.** חִטִּין כְּתוּשׁוֹת, כְּמוֹ ״בְּתוֹךְ הָרִיפוֹת״ (משלי כז:כב): **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Ground wheat.** Ground wheat as [we find], "Among the ground wheat."⁶ footnotes: ⁶ Mishlei 27:22. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:20:1 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:20:1) **מִיכַל הַמָּיִם.** אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ לוֹ פִּתְרוֹן בְּמַחְבֶּרֶת כַּל, וּפִתְרוֹנוֹ לְפִי עִנְיָנוֹ, כְּמוֹ שִׁבֹּלֶת הַנָּהָר: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Stream of water.** I do not know the translation of this word מִיכַל. In the Machberes⁷ [under the entry] כַּל [he writes] that its translation is according to the context. [Here] its as [if to say] streaming water of the river. footnotes: ⁷ Notebook written by Menachem (one of the Rishonim). ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:25:1 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:25:1) **בַּת נָחָשׁ.** הוּא יִשַׁי אֲבִי דָוִד, רַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (בבא בתרא יז א): שֶׁמֵּת בְּלֹא עָוֹן, בְּעֶטְיוֹ שֶׁל נָחָשׁ: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **The daughter of Nochosh.** This is Yeshai, Dovid's father. Our Rabbis said that [Yeshai] died without sin [but only] because of the serpent's counsel.⁸ footnotes: ⁸ Baba Besra 16. The serpent in the Gan Fden who suggested to Chavah to eat from the Tree of knowledge. That sin brought death into the world. That is why Yeshai died because he had no sin of his own to merit death. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:27:1 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:27:1) **וְשֹׁבִי בֶן נָחָשׁ.** הוּא חָנוּן בֶּן נָחָשׁ: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Shovi, the son of Nochosh.** He is Chonun, the son of Nochosh.⁹ footnotes: ⁹ Mentioned earlier in 10:1. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:28:1 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:28:1) **מִשְׁכָּב.** מַצָּעוֹת: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Mats.** Mats. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:28:2 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:28:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:28:2) **וְסַפּוֹת.** כְּלֵי תַשְׁמִישׁ הֵם, כְּמוֹ ״סִפּוֹת כֶּסֶף״ (מלכים ב יב:יד): **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Utensils.** They are utensils for practical use. as [we find], "Silver utensils."¹⁰ footnotes: ¹⁰ Melochim II, 12:14. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:28:3 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:28:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:28:3) **וְקָלִי.** מִינֵי קְלָיוֹת, אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (עבודה זרה לח ב): שְׁנֵי מִינֵי שְׁתִיתָא הִקְרִיב בַּרְזִלַּי לְדָוִד, אֶחָד שֶׁל חִטִּים, וְאֶחָד שֶׁל עֲדָשִׁים, כְּעִנְיָן הָאָמוּר כָּאן; **קֶמַח וְקָלִי**, הוּא שֶׁל דָּגָן, **וּפוֹל וַעֲדָשִׁים וְקָלִי**, מִמִּינִים שֶׁל קִטְנִיּוֹת שֶׁמְּיַבְּשִׁין אוֹתָן בַּתַּנּוּר כְּשֶׁהֵן לַחִין, וְהֵם מְתוּקִין לְעוֹלָם, וְטוֹחֲנִין אוֹתָן, וְעוֹשִׂין מֵהֶם מַאֲכָל שֶׁקּוֹרִין שְׁתִיתָא: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Toasted grain.** Types of toasted foods Our Rabbis said Barzilai brought two types of porridge to Dovid, one made of wheat and one made of lentils as described here flour and קָלִי, this one was made from wheat. Beans, lentils and קָלִי [this one] was made from types of beans.¹¹ They used to dry them in ovens [having been put in] while they were [still] moist, they [thus] were permenantly sweet [then] they ground them and made from them a food that was called "porridge." footnotes: ¹¹ The word קָלִי appears twice in this verse. The first קָלִי written after קֶמַח refers to a porridge made from grain. The second קָלִי written after עֲדָשִׁים refers to a porridge made from lentils. ###### Rashi on II Samuel 17:29:1 [Rashi on II Samuel 17:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/17:29:1) **וּשְׁפוֹת בָּקָר.** (תרגום:) ״וְגוֹבְנִין דְּחָלָב״: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **And cow's cheese.** [Yonoson translates:] "And cheese made from milk."